Research Data Management Forums

The Research Data Management Best Practices Forums are sessions that will provide content prior to their scheduled dates. They are Question and Answer sessions where participants will be able to ask questions based on their review of the relevant material. 

Material will remain accessible on this guide for future reference.

There will be four sessions in 2021:

• Data Management Planning Best Practices 
• Data Description Best Practices
• Data Analysis Best Practices
• Data Sharing Best Practices 

Clicking on the documents links will open them in your browser. You can also download them for future reference. 

The content used in these documents came from many reliable sources including DataONE, the UVa Library Research Data Services + Sciences Group Research Data Management unit, the UK Data Service, the UK Digital Curation Centre, ICPSR, DTU, the USGS, the Smithsonian Libraries, the Library of Congress, Wikipedia, OpenAIRE, Digital Preservation Coalition Handbook, FAIRsharing, Thor, PLOS ONE, RDA Metadata Standards Directory Working Group, Community Tool Box (University of Kansas), EMELD, keboola, and a host of librarians who are involved in the day-to-day work of providing research data management assistance to their constituents.